This is Why You Don’t Kill Yourself

November 8, 2009

Over the summerI read the Twilight book series.I held off as long as I couldhaving little interest in vampires, science fictionor even popular fiction most of the time.Then, while deeply committedto the second or third book,I had two distinct thoughts:One, I’d date a vampire.(please ignore this thought for the purposes of this post)And two, this why you don’t kill yourself.Like everyone,I’ve had some good years and bad years.Okay. Decades. Of each.And, what strikes meagain and againis the magnificence,pure pleasure and joythat can bubble up when you least expect it.Like reading the Twilight series from start to finish.Or, the conversations and relationships that formsitting at Matthew’s tableuntil morning turns into eveningand coffee turns into beer.And, back again.Or, yesterday running along the lakefront on a breathtakingly beautiful fall morningand stopping for coffee after.For this, and many, many other reasons,you train yourself to notice and feel.Notice the way the light plays in stunningly beautiful photographs.And, feel what you’re feeling even if you weren’t expecting it and don’t understand it.Let it in.

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